Bulbophile

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is obsessed with bulb plants.

    "To those who know it not I may say the flowers are nearly an inch across, like golden stars, the colour being deep yellow, with a medial brown nerve to each perianth division. They last a long time in beauty, and are to one bulbophile at least very attractive."

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"To those who know it not I may say the flowers are nearly an inch across, like golden stars, the colour being deep yellow, with a medial brown nerve to each perianth division. They last a long time in beauty, and are to one bulbophile at least very attractive."

Etymology

From bulb + -o- + -phile.

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